Gardaí wait to question man about fatal road accident

Detectives are waiting to question a 19-year-old man about a fatal road accident in west Dublin.

A teenage girl died after being hit by a motorbike as she crossed Cheeverstown Road in Tallaght.

The rider failed to remain at the scene.

A man was arrested at 7pm yesterday, around three hours after the accident.

He was later taken to hospital and will be questioned by gardaí upon release.